An analysis of Test bowlers
An analysis of Test bowlers
Ananth Narayanan
04-Sep-2009
No Cty Batsman |<----Career---->|<-1st Half-->|<2nd Half>| % Chg
|Tests Wkts Avge|Mt Wkts Avge|Wkts Avge|
| | | |
1.Eng Laker J.C | 46 193 21.25|23- 78 29.95| 115 15.35| 48.8%
2.Eng Bedser A.V | 51 236 24.90|26- 100 33.87| 136 18.30| 46.0%
3.Pak Iqbal Qasim | 50 171 28.11|25- 65 35.78| 106 23.41| 34.6%
4.Nzl Hadlee R.J | 86 431 22.30|43- 192 26.17| 239 19.19| 26.7%
5.Nzl Morrison D.K | 48 160 34.68|24- 73 39.53| 87 30.61| 22.6%
6.Slk Muralitharan M | 129 783 22.22|65- 337 25.48| 446 19.76| 22.5%
7.Eng Flintoff A | 79 226 32.79|40- 86 38.01| 140 29.58| 22.2%
8.Pak Imran Khan | 88 362 22.81|44- 195 25.20| 167 20.02| 20.5%
9.Nzl Cairns C.L | 62 218 29.40|31- 96 32.66| 122 26.84| 17.8%
10.Pak Shoaib Akhtar | 46 178 25.69|23- 78 28.46| 100 23.53| 17.3%
11.Pak Abdul Qadir | 67 236 32.81|34- 117 35.91| 119 29.76| 17.1%
12.Saf Donald A.A | 72 330 22.25|36- 165 24.20| 165 20.31| 16.1%
13.Aus Hughes M.G | 53 212 28.38|27- 99 31.01| 113 26.08| 15.9%
14.Saf Ntini M | 99 388 28.37|50- 177 30.94| 211 26.22| 15.2%
15.Win Walsh C.A | 132 519 24.44|66- 228 26.47| 291 22.85| 13.7%
16.Win Marshall M.D | 81 376 20.95|41- 190 22.46| 186 19.40| 13.6%
17.Eng Hoggard M.J | 67 248 30.50|34- 120 32.77| 128 28.38| 13.4%
18.Ind Zaheer Khan | 65 210 33.85|33- 92 36.34| 118 31.91| 12.2%
19.Aus McGrath G.D | 124 563 21.64|62- 286 22.84| 277 20.41| 10.6%
20.Win Sobers G.St.A | 93 235 34.04|47- 95 36.28| 140 32.51| 10.4%
21.Eng Snow J.A | 49 202 26.67|25- 97 28.05| 105 25.39| 9.5%
22.Ind Srinath J | 67 236 30.47|34- 115 31.90| 121 29.12| 8.7%
23.Nzl Vettori D.L | 94 303 33.52|47- 144 34.95| 159 32.22| 7.8%
24.Eng Gough D | 58 229 28.40|29- 112 29.45| 117 27.39| 7.0%
25.Aus Lee B | 76 310 30.82|38- 142 31.86| 168 29.93| 6.0%
26.Aus Benaud R | 63 248 27.03|32- 98 28.05| 150 26.37| 6.0%
27.Ind Bedi B.S | 67 266 28.71|34- 130 29.61| 136 27.85| 5.9%
28.Win Ambrose C.E.L | 98 405 20.99|49- 222 21.49| 183 20.38| 5.2%
29.Nzl Martin C.S | 50 165 33.78|25- 82 34.55| 83 33.02| 4.4%
30.Aus Gillespie J.N | 71 259 26.14|36- 133 26.58| 126 25.68| 3.4%
31.Pak Wasim Akram | 104 414 23.62|52- 210 23.95| 204 23.28| 2.8%
32.Aus Warne S.K | 145 708 25.42|73- 325 25.78| 383 25.11| 2.6%
33.Eng Statham J.B | 70 252 24.85|35- 107 25.21| 145 24.57| 2.5%
34.Aus Lillee D.K | 70 355 23.92|35- 184 24.11| 171 23.72| 1.6%
35.Win Garner J | 58 259 20.98|29- 126 21.10| 133 20.86| 1.2%
36.Eng Fraser A.R.C | 46 177 27.32|23- 95 27.47| 82 27.15| 1.2%
37.Aus McDermott C.J | 71 291 28.63|36- 152 28.66| 139 28.60| 0.2%
38.Aus McKenzie G.D | 60 246 29.79|30- 126 29.81| 120 29.77| 0.1%
39.Pak Saqlain Mushtaq | 49 208 29.83|25- 109 29.77| 99 29.90| -0.4%
40.Aus Miller K.R | 55 170 22.98|28- 76 22.91| 94 23.03| -0.5%
41.Eng Caddick A.R | 62 234 29.91|31- 113 29.77| 121 30.04| -0.9%
42.Eng Trueman F.S | 67 307 21.58|34- 140 21.47| 167 21.67| -0.9%
43.Win Holding M.A | 60 249 23.69|30- 131 23.52| 118 23.87| -1.5%
44.Slk Vaas WPUJC | 111 355 29.58|56- 184 29.15| 171 30.04| -3.0%
45.Pak Sarfraz Nawaz | 55 177 32.76|28- 88 32.22| 89 33.29| -3.3%
46.Eng Underwood D.L | 86 297 25.84|43- 154 25.31| 143 26.41| -4.3%
47.Win Roberts A.M.E | 47 202 25.61|24- 119 25.08| 83 26.37| -5.1%
48.Ind Shastri R.J | 80 151 40.96|40- 91 40.08| 60 42.30| -5.5%
49.Ind Chandrasekhar B.S| 58 242 29.75|29- 123 28.94| 119 30.58| -5.7%
50.Ind Kapil Dev N | 131 434 29.65|66- 252 28.83| 182 30.77| -6.7%
51.Eng Willis R.G.D | 90 325 25.20|45- 166 24.32| 159 26.12| -7.4%
52.Ind Kumble A | 132 619 29.65|66- 300 28.48| 319 30.76| -8.0%
53.Ind Harbhajan Singh | 77 330 30.42|39- 167 29.05| 163 31.83| -9.6%
54.Saf Kallis J.H | 131 258 31.09|66- 136 29.53| 122 32.83|-11.2%
55.Saf Pollock S.M | 108 421 23.12|54- 217 21.28| 204 25.08|-17.9%
56.Aus Lawson G.F | 46 180 30.56|23- 95 27.82| 85 33.62|-20.9%
57.Pak Waqar Younis | 87 373 23.56|44- 226 21.70| 147 26.41|-21.7%
58.Eng Titmus F.J | 53 153 32.23|27- 82 29.21| 71 35.72|-22.3%
59.Ind Prasanna E.A.S | 49 189 30.38|25- 124 28.15| 65 34.65|-23.1%
60.Aus Thomson J.R | 51 200 28.01|26- 123 25.71| 77 31.69|-23.3%
61.Aus Lindwall R.R | 61 228 23.03|31- 122 20.52| 106 25.92|-26.3%
62.Pak Danish Kaneria | 54 232 34.58|27- 124 30.44| 108 39.34|-29.3%
63.Ind Venkataraghavan S| 57 156 36.12|29- 91 31.96| 65 41.94|-31.2%
64.Eng Harmison S.J | 63 226 31.82|32- 129 27.84| 97 37.12|-33.4%
65.Zim Streak H.H | 65 216 28.12|33- 131 24.45| 85 33.79|-38.2%
66.Win Gibbs L.R | 79 309 29.09|40- 176 24.56| 133 35.09|-42.9%
67.Pak Mushtaq Ahmed | 52 185 32.97|26- 105 27.51| 80 40.14|-45.9%
68.Win Hall W.W | 48 192 26.39|24- 119 22.15| 73 33.29|-50.3%
69.Eng Botham I.T | 102 383 28.40|51- 231 23.46| 152 35.91|-53.1%
70.Eng Lock G.A.R | 49 174 25.58|25- 104 20.13| 70 33.67|-67.2%